[Paladin2]

Second thing to to go get the auto batteries, cables, inverter, and extension cords and fire up a Diesel car.

Then I try to figure out if the trouble is beyond the confines of the compound. Then take another vehicle to get a guess as to the size of the outage.

[Freedom56v2]

Second thing to to go get the auto batteries, cables, inverter, and extension cords and fire up a Diesel car.

Then I try to figure out if the trouble is beyond the confines of the compound. Then take another vehicle to get a guess as to the size of the outage.

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Well you are prepared!...
Sounds like you have been thru a few.
But you are doing what I said...trying to seek out information...Good ideas btw!

We rarely get outages where I live—almost never...In fact last year we had a rather lengthy one (eh maybe 3.5 hours) and my neighbor did not even have a flashlight and it was getting towards dark...I offered them emergency lantern/candles, etc. but they declined...came on as dusk was transitioning to darkness.

I called power company and they were able to provide information as to duration and spread of the outage, and I have hand-crank radios should I need them.